[ydl-gen] does yellow dog linux has the packages I need?

[Kai Staats]

Zhang Weiwu,

> Hello. I am considering switching to yellow dog linux with my iBook G4.
> My choice of Linux distribution had always been heavily depend on what
> packages are in official package repository, because I am a stupid user
> who do not know how to (and don't want to) fight on command line to
> configure & build my own software from source. I did not find where to
> search package repository online, so here is my list of software I use
> daily and can you kindly let me know how can I find if they are
> pre-packaged on YDL?

Here is a list of the default, installed apps:
http://us.fixstars.com/products/ydl/installed.shtml

Here is a search tool for all apps available with the distribution:
http://us.fixstars.com/products/ydl/included/

Sincerely,
kai


> Sorry for having Chinese explanation of the software after its name. You
> can simply ignore them.
>
>     * Chinese fonts: Droid Sans, Wenquanyi and CJK Unifonts
>     * sunbird日程（或Evolution如果支持ical）
>     * agave配色
>     * firefox（以及firebug这些插件)
>     * gnucash公司财务
>     * gftp传文件
>     * pulseaudio-utils及applet（在家时放音乐到那头的音箱时用）
>     * vlc放电影和DVD
>     * inkscape矢量图
>     * gnumeric和abiword为了打开张韡武有时候用这两种软件做的文件
>     * stardic词典
>     * jedit（及其若干插件）
>     * rapidsvn
>     * Firegpg（以及gpa/seahorse之一）
>     * unison有时有用到用与同步网页
>     * kompozer编辑器
>     * freemind
>     * gimp图像
>     * eiphany用于测试网页在不同浏览器上的表现
>     * amule-utils-gui电骡工具
>     * ekiga电话
>     * pidgin（用于jabber）
>     * grisbi记帐（home bank现在不怎么用了）
>     * gnome-ppp用于CDMA拨号上网
>     * Opera浏览器
>     * f-spot
>
>
>
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